Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.11

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde pitṛrājya kalpo nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 10//
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rājataṃ rājatāktaṃ vā pitṝṇāṃ pātramucyate /
rājatasya kathāvāpi darśanaṃ dāna meva vā

anantamakṣayaṃ svarge rājate dānamucyate /
pitṝnetena dānena satputrāstārayantyuta

rājate hi svadhā dugdhā pātre taiḥ pṛthivī purā /
svadhāṃ vā pārthibhistāta tasmin dattaṃ tadakṣayam

kṛṣṇājinasya sāṃnidhyaṃ darśanaṃ dānameva ca /
rakṣoghnaṃ brahma varcasyaṃ paśūnputrāṃśca tārayet

kanakaṃ rājataṃ pātraṃ dauhitraṃ kutupastilāḥ /
vastūni pāvanīyāni tridaṇḍīyoga eva vā

śrāddhakarmaṇyayaṃ śreṣṭho vidhirbrāhmaḥ sanātanaḥ /
āyuḥkīrtiprajaiśvaryaprajñāsaṃtativarddhanaḥ

diśidakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ vedisthānaṃ nivedayet /
sarvato 'ratnimātraṃ ca caturasraṃ susaṃsthitam

vakṣyāmi vidhivatsthānaṃ pitṝṇāmanuśāsitam /
dhanyamāyuṣyamārogyaṃ balavarṇavivarddhanamā

tatra gartāstrayaḥ kāyārstrayo daṇḍāśca khādirāḥ /
aratnimātrāste kāryā rajataiḥ pravibhūṣitāḥ

te vitastyāyatā garttāḥ sarvataścaturaṅgulāḥ /
prāgdakṣiṇamukhānkuryātsthirānaśuṣirāṃstathā

adbhiḥ pavitrayuktābhiḥ pāvayetsatataṃ śuciḥ /
payasā hyāja gavyena śodhanaṃ cādbhireva ca

satataṃ tarpaṇaṃ hyetattṛptirbhavati śāsvatī /
iha vāmutra ya vaśī sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ

evaṃ triṣavaṇasnāto yor'cayetprayataḥ pitṝn /
mantreṇa vidhivatsamyagaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

tānsthāpayedamāvāsyāṃ garttānvai caturaṅgulān /
triḥsaptasaṃsthāste yajñāstrailokyaṃ dhāryate tu yaḥ

tasya puṣṭistathaiśvaryamāyuḥ saṃtatireva ca /
divi ca bhrājatelakṣmyā mokṣaṃ ca labhate kramāt

pāpmāpahaṃ pāvanīyaṃ hyaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet /
aśvamedhaphalaṃ hyettaddvijaiḥ saṃskṛtya pūjitam

mantraṃ vakṣyāmyahaṃ tasmādamṛtaṃ brahmanirmitam /
deṃvatebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyogibhya eva ca

namaḥ svāhayai svadhāyai nityameva bhavatyuta /
āddhe 'vasāne śrāddhasya trirāvṛttaṃ japetsadā

piṇḍanirvapaṇe vāpi japedetaṃ samāhitaḥ /
kṣipramāyānti pitaro rakṣāṃsi pradravanti ca

pitryaṃ tu triṣu kāleṣu mantro 'yaṃ tārayatyuta /
paṭhyamānaḥ sadā śrāddhe niyatairbrahmavādibhiḥ

rājyakāmo japedetaṃ sadā mantramatandritaḥ /
vīryaśauryārthasattvāśīrāyurbuddhivivarddhanam

prīyante pitaro yena japena niyamena ca /
saptarciṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham

amūrttīnāṃ samūrttināṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīptatejasām /
namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhyānināṃ yogacakṣuṣām

indrādīnāṃ ca netāro daśamārīcayostathā /
saptarṣīṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tānnamasyāmi kāmadān

manvādināṃ ca netāraḥ sūryācandramasostathā /
tānnamaskṛtya sarvānvai pitṛmatsu vidhiṣvapi

nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca vāyvagnyośca pitṝnatha /
dyāvāpṛthivyośca sadā nāmasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ

devarṣīṇāṃ ca netāraḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ /
trātāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ namasyāmi pitāmahān

prajāpatergavāṃ vahneḥ somāya ca yamāya ca /
yogeśvarebhyaśca sadā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ

pitṛgaṇebhyaḥ saptabhyo namo lokeṣu saptasu /
svayaṃbhuve namaścaiva brahmaṇe yogacakṣuṣe

etaduktaṃ ca saptārcirbrahmarṣigaṇasevitam /
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etena vidhinā yuktastrīnvarāṃllabhate naraḥ /
annamāyuḥ sutāścaiva dadate pitaro bhuvi

bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ śraddhadhāno jitendriyaḥ /
saptārci ṣaṃ japedyastu nityameva samāhitaḥ

saptadvīpasamudrāyāṃ pṛthivyāmekarāḍ bhavet /
yatkiñcitpacyate gehe bhakṣyaṃ vā bhojyameva vā

anivedya na bhoktavyaṃ tasminnayatane sadā /
kramaśaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi balipātrāṇyataḥ param

yeṣu yacca phalaṃ proktaṃ tanme nigadataḥ śruṇu /
palāśe brahmavarcastvamaśvatthe vasubhāvanā

sarvabhūtādhipatyaṃ ca plakṣe nityabhudātdṛtam /
puṣṭiḥ prajāśca nyagrodhe buddhiḥ prajñā dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ

raśodhnaṃ ca yaśasyaṃ ca kāśmarīpātramucyate /
saubhāgyamuttamaṃ loke mādhūke samudātdṛtam

phalagupātreṣu kurvāṇaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt /
parāṃ dyutimathārketu prākāśyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

bailve lakṣmīntathā medhāṃ nityamāyustathaiva ca /
kṣetrārāmataḍāgeṣu sarvasasyeṣu caiva ha

varṣatya jasraṃ parjanyo veṇupātreṣu kurvataḥ /
eteṣveva supātreṣu bhojanāgramaśeṣataḥ

sadā dadyātsa yajñānāṃ sarveṣāṃ phalamāpnuyāt /
pitṛbhyaḥ puṣpamālyāni sugandhāni ca tatparaḥ

sadā dadyātkriyāyuktaḥ śa vibhāti divākaraḥ /
guggulādīṃstathā dhūpānpitṛbhyo yaḥ prayacchati

saṃyuktānmadhusarpirbhyaṃ so 'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet /
dhūpaṃ gandhaguṇopetaṃ kṛtvā pitṛparāyaṇaḥ

labhate ca suśarmāṇi iha cāmutra cobhayoḥ /
dadyādevaṃ pitṛbhyāstu nityameva hyatandritaḥ

dīpaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ prayataḥ sadā yastu prayacchati /
gatiṃ cāpratimaṃ cakṣustasmātsalabhate śubham

tejasā yaśasā caiva kāntyā cāpi balena ca /
bhuvi prakāśo bhavati brājate ca triviṣṭape

apsarobhiḥ parivṛto vimānāgre ca modate /
gandhapuṣpaiśca dhūpaiśva japāhutibhireva ca

phalamūlanamaskāraiḥ pitṝṇāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ /
pūjāṃ kṛtvā dvijānpaścātpūjayedannasaṃpadā

śrāddhakāleṣu niyataṃ vāyubhūtāḥ pitāmahāḥ /
āviśanti dvijāñchreṣṭhāṃstasmādetadbravīmi te

vastrai ratnapradānaiśca bhakṣyaiḥ peyaistathaiva ca /
gobhiraśvaistathā grāmaiḥ pūjayeddvijasattamān

bhavanti pitaraḥ prītāḥ pūjiteṣu dvijātiṣu /
tasmādyatnena vidhivatpūjayeta dvijānsadā

savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ kuryādullekhanaṃ dvijāḥ /
prokṣaṇaṃ ca tataḥ kuryācchrāddhakarmaṇyatandritaḥ

darbhānpiṇḍāṃstathā bhakṣyānpuṣpāṇi vividhāni ca /
gandhadānamalaṅkāramekaikaṃ nirvaped budhaḥ

peṣayitvāñjanaṃ samyagviśveṣāmuttarottaram /
abhyaṅgaṃ darbhaviñjūlaistribhiḥ kuryādyathāvidhi

apasavyaṃ vitṛbhayaśca dadyādañjanamuttamam /
nipātya jānu sarveṣāṃ vastrārthaṃ sūtrameva vā

khaṇḍanaṃ prokṣaṇaṃ caiva tathaivollekhanaṃ dvijaḥ /
sakṛddevapitṝṇāṃ syātpitṝṇāṃ tribhirucyate

ekaṃ pavitraṃ hastena pitṝnasarvānsakṛtsakṛt /
cailamantreṇa piṇḍebhyo dattvādarśāñjine hi tam

sadā sarpistilairyuktāṃstrīnpiṇḍānnirvapedbhuvi /
jānu kṛtvā tathā savyaṃ bhūmau pitṛparāyaṇaḥ

pitṝnpitāmahāṃścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahān /
āhūya ca pitṝnprāñcaḥ pitṛtīrthena yatnataḥ

piṇḍānparikṣipetsamyagapasavyamatandritaḥ /
annādyaireva mukhyaiścabhakṣyaiścaiva pṛthagvidhaiḥ

pṛthaṅmātāmahānāṃ tu kecidicchanti mānavāḥ /
trīnpiṇḍānānupūrvyeṇa sāṃguṣṭhānpuṣṭivarddhanān

jānvantarābhyāṃ yatnena piṇḍāndadyādyathākramam /
savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dhārārthaṃ mantramuccaran

namo vaḥ pitaraḥ śoṣāyeti sarvamatandritaḥ /
dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu pāṇibhyāṃ prathamaṃ piṇḍamutsṛjet

namo vaḥ pitaraḥ saumyaḥ paṭhannevamatandritaḥ /
savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dharmer'dhaṃ samatandritaḥ

ulūkhalasya lekhāyāmudapātrāvasecanam /
kṣaumaṃ sūtraṃ navaṃ dadyācchāṇaṃ kārpāsakaṃ tathā

patrorṇaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ ca kauśeyaṃ parivarjayet /
varjayedyakṣaṇaṃ yajñe yadyapyahatavastrajām

na prīṇanti tathaitāni dātu ścāpyahitaṃ bhavet /
śreṣṭhamāhustrikakudamañjanaṃ nityameva ca

kṛṣṇebhyaśca telaistailaṃ yatnātsuparirakṣitam /
candanāguruṇī cobhe tamālośīrapadmakam

dhūpaśca guggalaḥ śreṣṭasturuṣkaḥ śveta eva ca /
śuklāḥ sumanasaḥ śreṣṭhāstathā padmotpalāni ca

gandharūpopapannāni cāraṇyāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ /
tathā hi sumanā nāḍīrūpikāsmakuraṇḍikā

puṣpāṇi varjanīyāni śrāddhakarmaṇi nityaśaḥ /
yathā gandhādapetāni cogragandhāni yāni ca

varjanīyāni puṣpāṇi puṣṭimanviccatā sadā /
dvijātayo yathoddiṣṭā niyatāḥ syurudaṅmukhāḥ

pūjayedyajamānastu vidhivadyakṣiṇāmukhaḥ /
teṣāmabhimukho dadyāddarbhatpiṇḍāṃśca yatnataḥ

anena vidhinā sākṣādarcitāḥ syuḥ pitāmahāḥ /
haritā vai sa piñjālāḥ puṣṭāḥ snigdhāḥ samāhitāḥ

ratnimātrāḥ pramāṇena vitṛtīrthena saṃsmṛtāḥ /
upamūle tathā nīlā viṣṭarārthaṃ kuśottamāḥ

tathā śyāmākanīvārā dūrvā ca samudāhṛtā /
pūrvaṃ kīrttimatāṃ śreṣṭho babhūvāśvaḥ prajāpatiḥ

tasya bālā nipatitā bhūmau kāśatvāmāgatāḥ /
tasmāddeyāḥ sadā kāśāḥ śrāddhakarmasu pūjitāḥ

piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ teṣu karttavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā /
prajāḥ puṣṭidyutiprajñākīrttikāntisamanvitāḥ

bhavanti rucirā nityaṃ vipāpmāno 'ghavarjitāḥ /
sakṛdevāstaredyarbhānpiṇḍārthe dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

prāgdakṣiṇāgrānniyato vidhi cāpyatra vakṣyati /
na dīno nāpi vā kruddho na caivānyamanā naraḥ /
ekatra cādhāya manaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ

nihanmi sarvaṃ yadamedhyavadbhaveddhataśca sarve suradānavā mayā /
rakṣāṃsi yakṣāḥ sapiśācasaṃghā hatā mayā yātudhānāśca sarve

etena mantreṇa tu saṃyatātmā tāṃ vai vediṃ sakṛdullikhya dhīraḥ /
śivāṃ hi buddhiṃ dhruvamicchamānaḥ kṣipeddvicātirdiśamuttarāṃ gataḥ

evaṃ pitryaṃ dṛṣṭamantraṃ hi yasyatasyāsurā varjayantīha sarve /
yasmindeśe paṭhyate mantra eṣa taṃ vai deśaṃ rākṣasā varjayanti

annaprakārānaśucīnasādhūnsaṃvīkṣate no spṛśaṃśvāpi dadyāt /
pavitrapāṇiśca bhavenna vā hi yaḥ pumānna kāryasya phalaṃ samaśnute

anena vidhinā nityaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryāddhi yaḥ sadā /
manasā kāṅkṣate yadyattattadyadyuḥ pitamahāḥ

pitaro hṛṣṭamanaso rakṣāṃsi vimanāṃsi ca /
bhavantyevaṃ kṛte śrāddhe nityameva prayatnataḥ

śūdrāḥ śrāddheṣvavikṣīraṃ balvajā upalāstathā /
viraṇāścotuvālāśca laḍvā varjyāśca nityaśaḥ

evamādīnyayajñāni tṛṇāni parivarjayet /
añjanābhyajanaṃ gandhānsūtrapraṇayanaṃ tathā

kāśeḥ punarbhavaiḥ kāryamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet /
kāśāḥ punarbhavā ye ca barhiṇo hyupabarhiṇaḥ

ityete pitaro devā devāśca pitaraḥ punaḥ /
puṣpagandhavibhūṣāṇāmeṣa mantra udāhṛtaḥ

āhṛtya dakṣiṇāgniṃ tu homārthaṃ vai prayatnataḥ /
anyārthe laukikaṃ vāpi juhuyātkarmasiddhaye

antarvidhāya samidhastato dīpto vidhīyate /
samāhitena manasā praṇīyāgniṃ samantataḥ

agnaye kavyavāhāya svadhā aṅgirase namaḥ /
somāya vai pitṛmate svadhā aṅgirase punaḥ

yamāya vaivasvataye svadhānama iti dhruvam /
ityete homamantrāstu trayāṇāmanupūrvaśaḥ

dakṣiṇenāgnaye nityaṃ somāyottaratastathā /
etayorantare nityaṃ juhuyādvai vivasvate

upahāraḥ svadhākārastathaivollekhanaṃ ca yat /
homajapye namaskāraḥ prokṣaṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

bahuhavyendhane cāgnau susamiddhe tathaiva ca /
añjanābyañjanaṃ caiva piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ tathā

aśvamedhaphalaṃ caitatsamiddhe yatkṛtaṃ dvijaiḥ /
kriyā sarvā yathoddiṣṭāḥ prayatnena samācaret

bahuhavyendhane cāgnau susamiddhe viśeṣataḥ /
vidhūme lelihāne ca hotavyaṃ karmasiddhaye

aprabuddhe samiddhe vā juhuyādyo hutāśane /
yajamāno bhave dandhaḥ so 'mutreti hi naḥ śrutam

alpendhano vā rūkṣo 'gnirvasphuliṅgaśca sarvaśaḥ /
jvālādhūmāpasavyaśca sa tu vahnirasiddhaye

durgandhaścaiva nīlaśca kṛṣṇaścaiva viśeṣataḥ /
bhūmiṃ vagāhate yatra tatra vidyātparābhavat

arciṣmān piṇḍitaśikhaḥ sarppikāñjanasannibhaḥ /
snigdhaḥ pradakṣiṇaścaiva vahniḥ syātkāryasiddhaye

naranārīgaṇebhyaśca pūjāṃ prāpnoti śāśvatīm /
akṣayaṃ pūjitāstena bhavanti pitaro 'gnayaḥ

bilvoduṃbarapatrāṇi phalāni samidhastathā /
śrāddhe mahāpavitrāṇi medhyāni ca viśeṣataḥ

pavitraṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śuddhaye janmakarmaṇām /
pātreṣu phalamuddiṣṭaṃ yanmayā śrāddhakarmaṇi

tadeva kṛtsnaṃ vijñeyaṃ samitsu ca yathākramam /
kṛtvā samāhitaṃ cittamāgneyaṃ vai karomyaham

anujñātaḥ kuruṣveti tathaiva dvijasattamaiḥ /
ghṛtamādāya pātre ca juhuyāddhavyavāhane

palāśaplakṣanyagrodhaplakṣāśvatthavikaṅkatāḥ /
uduṃbarastathābilvaścandano yajñiyāśca ye

saralo devadāruśca śālaśca kadirastathā /
samidarthe praśastāḥ syurete vṛkṣā viśeṣataḥ

grāmyāḥ kaṇṭakinaścaiva yājñiyā ye ca kecana /
pūjitāḥ samidarthaṃ te pitṝṇāṃ vacanaṃ yathā

samidbhiḥ ṣaṭphaleyābhirjuhuyādyo hutāśanam /
phalaṃ yatkarmaṇastasya tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

akṣayaṃ sarvakāmīyamaśvamedhaphalaṃ hi tat /
śleṣmāntako naktamālaḥ kapitthaḥ śālmalistathā

nīpo vibhītakaścaiva śrāddhakarmaṇi garhitāḥ /
cirabilvastathā kolastidukaḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi

balvajaḥ kovidāraśca varjanīyāḥ samantataḥ /
śakunānāṃ nivāsāṃśca varjayeta mahīruhān

anyāṃścaivaṃvidhānsarvānnayajñīyāṃśca varjayet /
svadheti caiva mantrāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ vacanaṃ yathā /
svāheti caiva devānāṃ yajñakarmaṇyudāhṛtam